Easy Easter Egg crochet pattern (free PDF)

R1with mint: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R842 sc(42)
R9[lavender] 4 sc [mint] 2 sc, inc, 4 sc [lavender] 2 sc, inc [mint] 6 sc, inc [lavender] 4 sc [mint] 2 sc, inc, 4 sc [lavender] 2 sc, inc [mint] 6 sc, inc(48)
R106 sc in lavender, 4 sc in mint, 8 sc in lavender, 4 sc in mint, 8 sc in lavender, 4 sc in mint, 8 sc in lavender, 4 sc in mint, 2 sc in lavender(48)
R111 sc in lavender, 2 sc in mint, 10 sc in lavender, 2 sc in mint, 10 sc in lavender, 2 sc in mint, 10 sc in lavender, 2 sc in mint, 9 sc in lavender(48)
R125 sc in mint, 6 sc in lavender, 6 sc in mint, 6 sc in lavender, 6 sc in mint, 6 sc in lavender, 6 sc in mint, 6 sc in lavender, 1 sc in mint(48)
R13[mint] 6 sc [lavender] 2 sc [mint] 6 sc, dec, 3 sc [lavender] 1 sc [mint] 10 sc [lavender] dec, 1 sc [mint] 9 sc [lavender] 2 sc [mint] 2 sc, dec(45)
R1445 sc(45)
R15(13 sc, dec) ×3(42)
R1642 sc(42)
R17(12 sc, dec) ×3(39)
R1839 sc(39)
R19(11 sc, dec) ×3(36)
R205 sc, (dec, 10 sc) ×2, dec, 5 sc(33)
R21(9 sc, dec) ×3(30)
R224 sc, (dec, 8 sc) ×2, dec, 4 sc(27)
R23(7 sc, dec) ×3(24)
R243 sc, (dec, 6 sc) ×2, dec, 3 sc(21)
R25(5 sc, dec) ×3(18)
R26(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R27dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 6.5 cm at the widest, 8.1 cm long; 27 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
Change to mint (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
Change to pink (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R20).
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Change to mint (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R22).
Change to butter yellow (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R23).
Change to mint (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R25).
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with mint: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2[pink] 1 sc [mint] inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc [pink] 1 sc in same st(9)
R3[pink] 1 sc [mint] 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc [pink] inc(12)
R4–61 sc in pink, 9 sc in mint, 2 sc in pink(12)
R7[pink] 1 sc [mint] 3 sc, dec, 3 sc [pink] 1 sc, dec(10)
Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a spoon: push the front wall into the back wall (not down to a thin plate) — a concave spoon about 2.4 mm deep in front, a rounded back, and rounded folds of two layers at the sides (about 5.7 mm thick); about 20 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.

R1with pink: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the egg): between rounds 17 and 18, 6 st apart (count along round 17: about 2.8 st each side of the centre front line).
Satin stitch (on the egg): in rose thread, a triangle about 5 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 16, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in dark brown thread (on the egg) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 15 and 16, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).